Global News Podcast

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The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends.

Episódios

  • US election: Harris and Trump duel in battleground states

    02/11/2024 Duração: 33min

    Donald Trump and Kamala Harris make their pitches on the final weekend of campaigning in the United States. Also: a polio clinic is hit in northern Gaza on the day a vaccination drive was restarted.

  • The Happy Pod: Marrying the man who saved my life

    02/11/2024 Duração: 27min

    Charlotte and Dave met as strangers in a moment of crisis, and went on to marry. Also, the son who reunited with his father after 19 years, and the friends that have been meeting up every week in the same spot since 1968 Presenter: Jannat Jalil. Music composed by Iona Hampson.

  • Donald Trump woos Arab-American voters in Michigan

    02/11/2024 Duração: 32min

    As the US presidential election approaches, Donald Trump attempts to drum up support from Arab-American voters in Michigan, while Kamala Harris holds rallies in Wisconsin. Also: can avatars help people with psychosis?

  • Spain floods: death toll rises to over 200

    01/11/2024 Duração: 28min

    More than 200 people are now confirmed dead in the flash flooding in Spain. Also: Thailand recognises hundreds of thousands of stateless people living there as Thai citizens.

  • Spain mourns as dozens of people remain missing after flash floods

    01/11/2024 Duração: 33min

    Hundreds of people in Spain, aided by drones, have been deployed to a rescue mission after recent flash floods claimed many lives. Also: the first artwork made by a humanoid robot, Ai-da, goes up for auction.

  • Rescuers race to find Spanish flood survivors

    31/10/2024 Duração: 28min

    Rescue efforts continue in Spain to find survivors of flash flooding which have killed more than 100 people. Also: super typhoon hits Taiwan, and North Korea tests its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile.

  • Spain battles deadliest flood disaster in decades

    31/10/2024 Duração: 32min

    Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with scores of people dead and dozens more missing. Also: remembering the iconic boxing fight between Ali and Foreman.

  • Spain floods: dozens killed in Valencia

    30/10/2024 Duração: 28min

    More than 70 people have died in Spain after the country’s worst flooding in decades. Also: China has successfully launched its youngest-ever astronauts into space, and are animals more fond of alcohol than we thought?

  • Almost 100 people are dead or missing in Gaza after an Israeli air strike

    30/10/2024 Duração: 28min

    Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says almost 100 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike. Also: IKEA compensates victims forced to make its products and tributes to the Buena Vista Social Club's trumpeter.

  • Hezbollah names a new leader

    29/10/2024 Duração: 30min

    Hezbollah has chosen a new leader after the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike. Also: Georgia announces a partial recount of its disputed election results, and a lost city in Mexico is uncovered.

  • Gaza fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency

    29/10/2024 Duração: 32min

    The Israeli Parliament votes to ban the Palestinian refugee agency, UNWRA. Also: the world’s trees under threat, the Spanish midfielder, Rodri, wins the Ballon d’Or, and a new Chopin waltz sees the light of day.

  • Greenhouse gases hit new record high

    28/10/2024 Duração: 30min

    UN says the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hits a record high. Also: Pakistan's drive to vaccinate against polio after surge in cases. And can fairy tales get children to eat more fruit and vegetables?

  • Georgian PM rejects voter fraud claims as president calls mass rally

    28/10/2024 Duração: 31min

    Georgia's PM denies vote rigging claims in Saturday's election as the president blames Russian involvement. Also: ex-Bolivian leader Evo Morales says he was shot at, and where there's no sunlight for three months.

  • Bonus: The Global Story - Canada, India, and their diplomatic death spiral

    27/10/2024 Duração: 26min

    Your weekly bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.Canada and India are locked in a fierce diplomatic row, after Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau doubled down on allegations that senior Indian officials were involved in the murder of a Sikh activist in Canada.The Global Story brings you trusted insights from BBC journalists worldwide, one big story every weekday, making sense of the news with our experts around the world.For more, go to bbcworldservice.com/globalstory or search for The Global Story wherever you got this podcast.

  • Biden hopes Israeli strikes on Iran end retaliation

    27/10/2024 Duração: 29min

    President Biden says he hopes Israeli air strikes on Iran mark the end of hostilities. Also: the Vatican wants a stronger role for women, and linking an old skeleton to an ancient Norse tale.

  • The Happy Pod: The gloves that hug premature babies

    26/10/2024 Duração: 26min

    Meet the woman helping premature babies feel their parents' love, after her son Zachary was born 12 weeks early. Also: how Egypt became Malaria free; the homeless tour guide; and the world's oldest battle rapper.

  • Israel conducts air strikes on military targets in Iran

    26/10/2024 Duração: 16min

    Israel has hit Iran with what it called "precise and targeted" air strikes and warned Tehran not to retaliate. Iranian state media have played down the damage from the attacks. We consider what the impact will be.

  • Online abuser who targeted thousands of children worldwide is jailed

    26/10/2024 Duração: 34min

    One of the world's most prolific online child abusers, Alexander McCartney, has been jailed in Northern Ireland. Also: 75-year-old rock star Bruce Springsteen says he has no plans to retire any time soon.

  • Former Ugandan rebel jailed for 40 years for war crimes

    25/10/2024 Duração: 32min

    Former commander in rebel Lord's Resistance Army, Thomas Kwoyelo, sentenced to 40 years for war crimes in Uganda. Also: The tortured monkey released back into the wild, and a scientific breakthrough in eco production.

  • UN warns world could warm by a massive 3.1C this century

    25/10/2024 Duração: 31min

    The UN says the world is on track to miss global warming limits by a "catastrophic" margin, leading to dramatic increases in extreme weather events. Also: how did the act of kissing evolve?

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